- How does IT enable the exchange of information to make higher quality and affordable healthcare possible?
Information technology (IT) is really the enabler of health information exchange (HIE). With health IT experience within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA), I have witnessed how IT has become more robust and scalable enabling the exchange of information between physicians, organizations and between local state, and federal government agencies. Read more
- What do you see as the major opportunities for health information exchange?
HIE needs to be user friendly, seamless, and performed “in the background” where it does not impact the clinician or care provider. You don’t want the care provider to be engaged directly with the information-sharing process – the data needs to be in the right place at the right time, for the right patient. From an enhanced clinical care perspective, HIE also has the ability to improve the quality of care. If HIE is done properly, clinicians won’t need to recollect patient information, it will just flow seamlessly through the echelons of care.
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